A Panoply of Comic Strip Panels
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The Born Loser, Frank and Ernest, Calvin and Hobbes, Frazz, Bizarro/Bizarfield, Tom the Dancing Bug, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Big Nate, Eye Lie Popeye, Mutts and, of course, more.
The Born Loser archive at GoComics only goes back to 1994, so those of you who didn’t see the debut strip from May 10, 1965 on our Facebook page yesterday here is the strip as it first appeared 60 years ago:
Bonus – A pre-debut promotional piece for The Born Loser from early May 1965:
Here is a combination debut/promo from 1972 for Frank and Ernest:
“Frank … is the loquacious leader … Ernest is Frank’s silent partner.”
That is how I remember the pair. These days Ernie is as talkative as Frank:
A couple comic strips had an abundance of panels today, the Calvin and Hobbes rerun and the all-new Frazz.
Calvin and Hobbes with an impressive 20 panel count and the just as imposing Frazz with 19 panels.
But most surprising was the multiple panel strip instead of the usual one panel Bizarro. Dan Piraro went off the reservation with 10 panels for today’s Sunday.
Bonus points for using the secret symbols as the Bizarfield emanta!
Sticking with Bizarro the panel’s weekday cartoonist asks “What were they thinking?”
For the second year in a row, I get to display this nifty graphic:
Wayno is justifiably proud in noting his nomination for a Silver Reuben.
I’ve been nominated for a National Cartoonists Society “Silver Reuben” award in the Newspaper Panels Division. I’m thrilled that my fellow ink monkeys thought enough of Bizarro to name me as a finalist, along with Dave Blazek and Bill Whitehead.
Bonus points for showing us the cartoons making up his submission to the NCS!
Elsewhere in a different division…
Ruben Bolling notes his and fellow nominees in the NCS Editorial category for that division’s Reuben:
Hey, I’ve been nominated for a National Cartoonists Society Award.
Now it’s up to the NCS membership to vote, and I have full faith that they will properly ignore the rumors about the other two nominees. The allegations are disturbing but totally unproven!
Should The Daily Cartoonists be investigating this scuttlebutt?
Kieran Castaño gets the Good Timing Award.
What with the Newark Airport getting continuous news coverage of late Ripley’s Believe It or Not gets the site on the comics page at an opportune time.
Comic strip cartoonist in the wild.
On Thursday, May 29 at 6 p.m. at Twice Sold Tales, Lincoln Peirce will deliver an easel talk for children and the young at heart based on his bestselling work, followed by an interactive drawing game. Beverages, snacks, and copies of Peirce’s books will be available for purchase.
Lincoln Peirce (pronounced “purse”) is the creator of the Big Nate comic strip which debuted in 1991 in 135 newspapers, and currently has a client list of over 400 newspapers worldwide. He is also the author/illustrator of a series of Big Nate novels for young readers, as well as a series of Big Nate activity books.
Further details about the Lincoln Peirce appearance at The Daily Bulldog.
Coming to a Kingdom near you.
What happens when you take one of the most iconic characters in comic history and drop him into a high-stakes, dimension-hopping adventure filled with mystery, magic, and manga-style mayhem? You get Eye Lie Popeye—a bold new miniseries from acclaimed artist and writer Marcus Williams (Marvel’s Captain America, DC’s Nubia & the Amazons), now debuting on Comics Kingdom.
Marcus Williams’ Eye Lie Popeye is coming to Comics Kingdom soon – just not as soon as planned.
Season 1 of Eye Lie Popeye debuts on May 9th with the first two episodes, and continues with new episodes released weekly on Comics Kingdom.
**Update** Wimpy’s Burger Sauce seems to have jammed things up a bit, and Eye Lie Popeye will now debut on 5/13
Did I read somewhere that it will be in the vertical format?
Speaking of Free Comic Book Day (what, you didn’t click on that last link?) Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell has some recommendations:
Another way to celebrate the occasion is by reading comics! Study the classics or investigate something new. The art of the comic strip has a long, rich history that’s well worth diving into. Early works like Little Nemo, Buster Brown, Krazy Kat, and Popeye are masterpieces that still hold up today.
There are so many wonderful collections that showcase the history and brilliance of this unique art form. Here are a few I can recommend:
- The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics by Bill Blackbeard
- Masters of American Comics by John Carlin
- The Comic Strip Century by Bill Blackbeard and Dale Crain
- The Comics by Jerry Robinson
- The Comics: Before 1945 by Brian Walker
- America’s Great Comic Strip Artists by Rick Marschall
(Though I would recommend The Comics: The Complete Collection over The Comics Before 1945.)
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